The Big DumpTruck

I accidentally purchased the wrong thing at the store last week. I meant to buy little cups of peaches for Junior to take in his lunch, but what I grabbed was the little mandarin orange cups. Same color, wrong fruit.

I took one to work with me today to see what they are like. And now I will pass the savings on to you.

They aren't "oh kill me now" bad, but there is something seriously wrong with buying these. For one thing, they're packed in the same "syrup" as peaches. So you've got your strong, sweet [peachy] juice. I drank that right out of the cup because I didn't want to walk all the way to the cafeteria to get a spoon, so I have to pick out the oranges with my fingers.

Somehow, picking one of them up makes me feel like I'm on Fear Factor eating sea slugs or something. They are a really floppy consistency, and kind of soft. I do think eating bugs would feel a lot like this. Also, they don't really taste like oranges. I assume floating in peach syrup will do that to you. So in conclusion, why the hell wouldn't you just buy a few actual mandarin oranges? This is NOT the way to go, on any planet.

Mmm. Sea slugs.